The government of Nigeria and a coalition of global shipping stakeholders have launched a new strategy to end incidences of piracy, armed robbery, and kidnapping in the G ..
Tag: Gulf of Guinea
Maritime piracy and armed robbery attacks reached the lowest recorded level since 1994 as revealed in the recently published annual piracy report of the International Mar ..
Crewboats dominate this latest string of offshore vessel deliveries and orders. These small yet versatile vessels will be allotted for operations in Western Europe, Afric ..
Lagos, Nigeria-based marine services and security consultancy Bricks has taken delivery of a new aluminium-hulled patrol boat built by Nautic Africa of Cape Town, South A ..
The Danish Ministry of Defence reports that a Royal Danish Navy ship successfully thwarted an attempt by pirates to harass merchant vessels in the Gulf of Guinea off Nige ..
A federal court in Lagos, Nigeria, has found ten individuals guilty of hijacking a foreign-flagged fishing vessel and imposed a 12-year prison sentence on each of the def ..
Asian companies have taken a battering in the offshore industry downturn. Singapore’s Ezion and Ezra have gone into liquidation, Malaysian OSV builder and owner Nam Che ..
The trend of reduction in piracy and armed robbery in Nigerian waters has continued, with the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reporting in its third quarter 2021 acco ..
The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of a new patrol and research vessel from French shipbuilder OCEA. Acquired for a cost of NGN3.4 billion (US$9 million), NNS Lana will ..
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